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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses from both organisations and thank them for their comprehensive opening statements as well as their extensive submissions to the review. I thank them for their work in this area. It is clear from the import of both presentations that women are still travelling for abortion services. Perhaps I will start with the IFPA, whose representatives said that this was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: I thank Ms Spillane. I will probably not get to ask all of my questions, given that there are many that I wish to ask, so I will focus on the opening statement of the National Women's Council and some of the data presented on poor national coverage, which were shocking in and of themselves. Am I correct in saying that the data that Ms O'Connor presented were data that the National Women's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: According to these data, one in ten GPs is providing abortion services. That is shocking. I thought it would have been much more than that. Only 7% of GPs who provide care to the general public are registered with the My Options service. That is even less than 10%. Half of counties have fewer than ten GPs offering the service, but that is not the worst of it, given that there is a range....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: I have a follow-up question. I support the recommendation that medical providers should be obliged to record refusals of care on the grounds of conscience and to detail the services they refer women and pregnant people to. That is important. As much data as it is possible to record should be recorded, because that will inform us about this aspect. It should not only inform this review...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: I wish to come back in here because I do not want to be unfair to any of the maternity hospitals involved. It may well be that capacity issues are at work here. Where those exist, they must be addressed, and it is for the Minister for Health and the Department to do that. What I am hearing from the NWCI's opening statement, though, is that only one in ten GPs is providing services, and not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: To ask the question more distinctly, and drawing on what I read in the opening statement, what is involved here are not simply problems with the operation of the Act but problems with the Act itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: I thank Ms Taylor.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will advise on a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence in relation to windfarm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to provision of bus service in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 555. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is permissible for a civil servant to enter into a secondment arrangement of greater than five years; the circumstances under which this may be permissible; the processes which must be followed in the event of a secondment of beyond five years in duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19936/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 556. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a secondment of indefinite duration or otherwise without a specific term is permissible for civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19937/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 557. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a secondment may occur to an unadvertised position created in conjunction with the secondee; the relevant provisions within the current civil service rules which apply to a secondment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 558. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the circulars and other documents which set out the current extent of active civil service secondment policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 559. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of second secretary general posts which have existed across Government Departments; the manner in which duties may be assigned or reassigned across second secretary generals; the extent of duties which may be reassigned without requiring primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19984/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 565. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of special leave with pay for healthcare workers; if there are plans to extend the scheme beyond the end of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 1167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year medical enrolments for 2021-2022, by domicile group, in tabular form; the number of places that will be provided for 2022-2023; the cost of the CAO and EU entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (26 Apr 2022)

David Cullinane: 1168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process followed for the appointment of the Chief Medical Officer as a professor at Trinity College, Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to similar posts appointed in this manner across Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19399/22]